Marisol
Written by José Rivera
Directed by Kat Yen
Presented by Univeristy of Rochester | Spring 2022
A war in heaven between the angels and God spills over onto earth and threatens to plunge us all into chaos and bring about a post-apocalyptic world. What happens when your guardian angel leaves you to join the revolution? Cast out on the streets to face a crumbling world, a young woman, Marisol, discovers hope in destitution and transcendence in sacrifice as the dispossessed of the earth rise up to create a new beginning and a better world. Suffused with poetry, dreamscapes, and magic realism, Jose Rivera’s Obie award-winning drama, Marisol, is an indelible theatrical experience and a contemporary masterpiece. Rivera, the first Puerto Rican writer, ever to be nominated for an Academy Award (for The Motorcycle Diaries) is one of the most significant Latinx writers at work in Theatre and Film today.
Cast:
MARISOL - Raina Plaisir
ANGEL - Cynthia Xiao
LENNY - Vikram Gupta
JUNE - Brittany Broadus
WOMAN WITH FURS - Jesika Barnes
MAN WITH SCAR TISSUE - Cayen Moore
MAN WITH GOLF CLUB and MAN WITH ICE CREAM - Jack Moore
with additional voice recording by Miles Marrison and Alexander McCabe
Production Team:
Scenic Design by Jimmy Stubbs
Scenic Art by Ola Kraszpulska
Costume Design by Mika Eubanks
Lighting Design by Nic Vincent
Original Music Composition and Sound Design by Daniela Hart
Fight Choreography by Rick Sordelet and Collin Kelly-Sordelet
Production Stage Management by Mercedes Stiner
Production Management by Charlie Lawlor
Prop Supervision by Mary Reiser
Assistant Direction by Miles Harrison
Dramaturgy by Syanis Yarí Vargas-González
Voice & Acting Coaching by Esther Winter
Preshow music by Riot Antigone
